The rape of the lock [graphic]

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Title: The rape of the lock [graphic]
Creator: Legat, Francis, 1755-1809, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: published March 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Illustration of Canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron
Description: Title etched below image and above eight lines of verse.
"Page 21"--Upper right corner.
"Vide Pope's works p. 254"--Following verses.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: J. Ireland's Copy,
On page 7 in volume 1.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.0 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subjects: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 > Illustrations
England > London > 1798
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership

Access: Public
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